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theodicy


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Theodicy  \The*od"i*cy\,  n.  [NL.  theodic[ae]a,  fr  Gr  ?  God  +  ? 
  right  justice:  cf  F.  th['e]odic['e]e.] 
  1.  A  vindication  of  the  justice  of  God  in  ordaining  or 
  permitting  natural  and  moral  evil. 
 
  2.  That  department  of  philosophy  which  treats  of  the  being 
  perfections,  and  government  of  God,  and  the  immortality  of 
  the  soul.  --Krauth-Fleming. 




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